堅尼地城

Chinese

			city walls; city; town
trad. (堅尼地城)		堅尼地	城
simp. (坚尼地城)		坚尼地	城
alternative forms		堅彌地城／坚弥地城

Etymology

Partial calque of English Kennedy Town, which was named after Arthur Kennedy, the 7th governor of British Hong Kong.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiānnídìchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄋㄧˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin¹ nei⁴ dei⁶ sing⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ci-gni-di-zen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiānnídìchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄋㄧˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiannídìchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Chien¹-ni²-ti⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Jyān-ní-dì-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiannidihcherng
    • Palladius: Цзяньнидичэн (Czjanʹnidičɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni³⁵ ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin¹ nei⁴ dei⁶ sing⁴
    • Yale: gīn nèih deih sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin¹ nei⁴ dei⁶ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin¹ néi⁴ déi⁶ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn⁵⁵ nei̯²¹ tei̯²² sɪŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ci-gni-di-zen
    • MiniDict: ci^平 nyi di zen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ji-nyi-di-zen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ di³³ zən²¹/

Proper noun

堅尼地城

1. Kennedy Town (an area in Hong Kong)

Usage notes

The older alternative form 堅彌地城 is still used in several road names (e.g. 堅彌地城海旁 and 堅彌地城新海旁).

Synonyms

• 西環尾／西环尾, 堅城／坚城